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TV programmes about Autism

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

BBC Autism season

On 22 April at 9pm, BBC3 will launch a new season of autism programmes. The season has come about due to the popularity of ‘The Autistic Me’, a documentary first broadcast last August.
 
The first film is a follow-up to ‘The Autistic Me’, called ‘The Autistic Me: One Year On’. It revisits the people who were in the original documentary to see how their lives have progressed.
 
Scenes in the documentary include a meeting with MP Theresa May at Westminster to discuss the NAS ‘Don’t Write Me Off’ campaign and a session at the National Autistic Society Hertfordshire Resource Centre. 
 
Other programmes include:

The Autistic Driving School: Thursday 29 April, 9pm
Autism, Disco and Me: Thursday 6 May, 9pm
Autistic Superstars: Thursday 13 and 20 May
 
For more information about the BBC autism season,visit the BBC website.

Young, Autistic and Stagetruck

‘Young, Autistic and Stagestruck’, currently airing on Mondays at 8pm on Channel 4, follows a group of young children and teenagers with autism as they are brought together to produce a drama production. It also follows them and their families at home and while going about their daily lives. 
 

You can find out more about ‘Young, Autistic and Stagestruck’ on the Channel 4 website.

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‘Bright Young Things’

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Channel 4 looking for young people with autism for documentary series.
Channel 4 has commissioned the production company ‘Love Productions’ to make a ground breaking series of documentaries entitled `Bright Young Things’, which will give young people with autism the chance to take part in a unique artistic project encompassing music, dance and drama.
The documentary, to be broadcast in early 2010, will follow a cast of people with autism, aged between 11 and 25 years old, their families and professionals, as they devise and stage a brand new show, to be performed in London’s West End in January 2010.
Channel 4 believe that this series can raise awareness and understanding of ASDs in an intelligent and accessible way. The project will enrich and celebrate the unique skills and talents of people with autism; it will be positive and life-affirming and we hope it will show what it is like to live with this complex condition.
If your family would like to be involved, please contact Nonie Creagh-Brown at ‘Bright Young Things’ Love Productions, 43 Eagle Street, London, WC1R 4AT. Email Nonie Creagh-Brown for an application form, closing date is 07th June 2009.

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